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about the most difficult directions on the front , liberated villages and life in front-line cities, whether we will receive financial and military assistance from the eu, and who wants to prevent it, about this and much more, in today's issue. the enemy became more active on almost the entire front line. russian occupiers are a significant force concentrated near avdiivka and are pulling up reserves. in the direction of bakhmut, the defense forces of ukraine are continuing their offensive. how klischiivka was fired and who is defending her today. the russians bombard nikopol daily from the territory of zaporizhzhya.

nuclear power plant, how the city survives today. the israeli military entered the gas strip, the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine stated that israel intends to destroy hamas as the world did with the nazis and isis. ukraine received only 30% of the shells that the eu countries promised to transfer at the beginning of the year. while russia receives supplies from north korea, and the us is busy with the issue of aid to israel. what other accents about ukraine were published in the world press? greetings to all viewers of the tv channel, this is the news, summaries of the week. in the studio of iryna koval. let's start with the events at the front. the situation there remains difficult. during the last day, the russians tried to advance in the avdiiv, bakhmut, marin, shakhtar and zaporizhzhya directions. the russian army is throwing

more and more forces to surround avdiivka, but our fighters are steadfastly holding the defense and inflicting russia suffered serious losses. the number of occupiers near avdiivka decreased by approximately 4,000. such figures were announced by the minister of defense of ukraine, rustem umyerov , in a telephone conversation with the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin. umirov emphasized: the ukrainian side is grateful for the continuation of effective cooperation and the provision of artillery ammunition. the further supply of atakams will make it possible to more effectively inflict fire damage on military infrastructure and command posts in the deep rear of the enemy, in the occupied ukrainian territories, - added in ministry of defense for several weeks now, the enemy has been active on almost the entire front line. the armed forces of ukraine, in turn, continue their offensive in several directions. reviewers call it. for the initiative,

the winter campaign largely depends on its outcome. the hottest spot today is avdiyivka. the enemy is trying to seize it and force the ukrainian army to leave the city, which is called the gateway to donetsk. the russians have concentrated large forces there and are raising reserves. after unsuccessful massive attacks with armored vehicles, tactics changed. now the enemy attacks mainly with infantry and drones. and aviation, which actively launches guided aerial bombs over the city. they partially managed to advance, first of all to the district villages of krasnogohorivka in the direction of the railway north of avdiivka. the goal is to reach the berdychi steppe line and the avdiiv coke chemical plant. a partial advance of the enemy is also recorded to the south of the city. russians pay a high price for every meter here. according to the us military. since

october 11, the russian army has lost at least 125 units of armored vehicles near avdiivka and of military equipment for more than a battalion , the loss in people is just as great, mobilized russians refuse to attack under the fire of ukrainian artillery, there are cases of execution of refusers, such information was made public in the white house. russia still has some offensive potential and may make some tactical gains in the coming months. they neglect the lives of their soldiers, mobilized remain insufficiently trained, equipped and unprepared for combat operations. as during the successful winter offensive that year, the russians the military uses the human wave tactic, just throwing masses of poorly trained soldiers straight into battle, without proper equipment, without leadership, without resources, without support. russia continues to advance in the kupyansk, lymansk and marinsk directions,

in addition, it has organized a series of attacks not only north of bakhmut, where it has relatively strong positions, but also south of the city. presumably , the enemy's goal is to buy time. in order to prepare new defensive lines in the district villages of kurdyumivka and greenfield in general, the initiative here is on the side of the armed forces of ukraine. the situation is difficult in the south as well, heavy battles are taking place in the tokmak and berdyansk directions. the armed forces have partial success with the work. the enemy sometimes counterattacks. on the eve of winter, both sides are trying to improve their tactical position. and finally kherson region. ukrainian and western observers report on the activation of the armed forces of ukraine on the left bank of the dnieper. the ukrainian military has allegedly already created at least two bridgeheads there. clear their enemy does not succeed, but he is in no hurry to transfer

significant forces there, and it seems, at least for now, that he perceives the actions of the armed forces as a diversionary maneuver, because infantry groups are crossing to the left bank with almost no armored vehicles. observers are sure that it is not worth making far-sighted conclusions based on information about bridgeheads. especially since its main source is the so-called russian soldiers. the general staff does not currently comment on the activity of the armed forces of ukraine on the left bank of the kherson region. hot bakhmut direction. here, the enemy does not stop trying to break through our defenses and fight back lost positions. one of these. shiyivka is a village that was liberated from the occupiers by the armed forces of ukraine on september 17, 2023. before the arrival of the russian army, more than half a thousand people lived there, now there are only ruins and burnt earth. which proves once again that the russians want to destroy ukraine.

despite everything, our soldiers continue to liberate the territories, and after knocking the enemy out of the nickname, the armed forces of ukraine gained control over strategic heights and practically. from the southern gate of bakhmut. how the village was liberated and about its defense today, artem will tell lagutenko. the 80th separate airborne assault brigade, which liberated the village, published these eerie footage of the freed tick a week ago. no whole building. it is here in every yard. the same as here, you see, everything, this is the russian world, every yard smells of death, and these are the soldiers of the rubizh brigade, who continued the fight for klishchiivka, already

defending the village from the onslaught of the invaders, hell was happening there, arta was silent, well, about 15 minutes a day. we waited for them to change from night to day shifts, it was, for example, in a day and a half an hour in the evening, and half an hour in the morning, at this moment there was only an opportunity to carry out some fortifications and shelters, achilles' unit held a key height in klishchivka, his soldiers know for sure that defense is more dangerous than attack. i will tell you how i went there for the first time in position, that is, i went there during the day, it was not possible to do this at all, but we went in, everything was successful, the group completely went in, took hold, i was lying probably a meter from our 200th, my first thoughts, for the first 10 minutes, i just

lay there, i didn't understand where i was at all, tick, the key to freeing bakhmut, that's why the rashists spare no effort and don't stop trying to knock out... our defenders, they don't spare the shells, that is, they just destroy us there, they will... , they are pouring a lot of shells, that is, one shell at ours, they are releasing 10, they worked on us with everything they could, mortars, ages, pturs, lng were working, they do not even try to use tori, shooting at personnel, at manpower , the russians do not spare their own fighters,

they do not burden themselves with what we have encountered, they do not prove to their personnel exactly where the enemy is, they say that in this area, for example, there is no enemy, they can calmly go in and take positions, we meet them there, our they are finishing, we had skirmishes, skirmishes and heard a scream, well, not so far 60 meters from us, that i am 300, i am 300, and a shot just rings out and that's it. no more screaming. in the direction of bakhmut, the defense forces liberated more than 50 km of territory, and they hold all the recaptured positions to the last. artem lagutenko, oleksiy kutsuk from donetsk region, espresso tv channel. with heavy weapons, drones and mortars, the russians attack nikopol in the dnipropetrovsk region every day. the enemy feels his impunity, because he is attacking from the territory of zaporizhzhya. nuclear power plant and knows that there will be no symmetrical response from our side.

the shelling does not abate day or night, and problems with drinking water are added to them. how does the city live now? - saw our correspondent, dmytro didora. we have water, but it is not very suitable for drinking, you see, there is water, but for cooking. for drinking we we use the water that we collect at points. iryna collects water several times a week to cook and wash. the distance from her house to the nearest water point in nikopol is considerable, although there are more than 40 such water points in the city. well, how far, seven minutes, well , i go to get water two or three times a week. this drinking water, this drinking water, is not well preserved. i really want to drink. it is difficult without drinking water, the woman says, water problems in nikopol appeared

after the russians blew up the kakhovskaya ges, because the city is located along the former reservoirs, the problem of providing drinking water to nikopol should be solved by a new water main. when entering the city, you can see workers laying pipes in trenches. the materials were brought from spain. after every kilometer of the highway, hydraulic tests are carried out. the reliability of connections is checked. we put about 80 - 90 pipes a day, down there near the reservoir where we will connect, we very often come under fire, we put on body armor, helmets, that is, to risk our lives too, if we didn’t really want to, but everything in our strength, we we are doing everything, the people of nikopol are under shelling from the russians every day, so the day before mrs. larisa's apartment was damaged, a shell landed next to her house, causing complete destruction.

saved the fence, there was a big crash, everything flew around the yard, fragments flew, they collected, and the organs arrived , everything was collected, everything was dug out of holes and everywhere, well, the fence, the house, the window, the glass flew out, what else is possible, well it was very scary to reach out to the russians, they are on the other side of the dnieper. at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and bombard the city with all types of weapons. they fire very often, and almost every day, three times a day, as a rule, morning, noon and evening. here they fired three shells, where they flew, it happens, flying whistles so over your head that you bend over. mrs. larisa hopes that when the armed forces of ukraine receive the necessary assistance and drive the russians out of the energy donor, then they will. a dreamy silence will prevail. dmytro didora and oleksandr borlevych from dnipropetrovsk region,

espresso tv channel. there is a war going on in the middle east. israeli military on friday night gases entered the strip after intense shelling by artillery and rockets fired from military aircraft. the minister of foreign affairs of israel eli coyne said that his country from. rejects the resolution of the un general assembly on an immediate humanitarian truce and emphasized: israel intends to destroy hamas, as the world did with the nazis and isis. on october 27 , the un general assembly adopted a resolution calling for a humanitarian truce between israel and hamas. the resolution was adopted by a majority vote. 45 countries abstained, in including great britain, ukraine, russia, bulgaria and estonia. and 14 countries, including israel and the united states, voted against. the un general assembly

was convened after the security council was convened four times. for two weeks, it did not take any measures to bring to justice the hamas terrorists who attacked the territory of israel from gaza on october 7. show the world russia's war crimes in ukraine. for this purpose , the second parliamentary summit of the crimean platform was held in prague this week. as he emphasized in his speech president volodymyr zelenskyi, such an initiative will help unite international efforts and respond effectively. to russia's military aggression. the president also reminded that russian terrorists now have no safe base or reliable logistical route in crimea. and he emphasized: thanks to the actions of the defense forces of ukraine, the russian military fleet is gradually fleeing from crimea. once upon a time, at the beginning of the russian war against ukraine,

many were ready to close their eyes to the capture. russia's annexation of crimea, they say, will calm the aggressors, but on the contrary, it is only fueled his ambitions, because it gave him faith in impunity, and we are engaged in dismantling russia's impunity, step by step, this is what our work in the un also provides, despite, despite russia's abuse of the illegally obtained veto right, this is also what our peace formula provides. which is based on the principles and goals of the un charter and which is gradually becoming a global form, this is provided by the work of international legal institutions, in particular the international criminal court, which issued an arrest warrant for putin in the case of the abduction and deportation of children, the european politicians present at the summit unanimously

assured that they would never accept the occupation of crimea and other territories of ukraine, and the minister of foreign affairs of the czech republic, jan lipavsky, stated that any statements about the possibility of exchanging crimea for peace in ukraine are dangerous speculations, because putin does not want peace, he wants to destroy ukraine and go further. the policy of the european union and all democratic states should be based on the fact that it is necessary to renew the territorial integrity of ukraine within the borders of 1991, in such a way that moscow understands that we are holding on to our values, observing international law, that moscow had no choice but to lose this war. also this week , a two-day summit of the european council took place in brussels. during which the heads of state and government of the eu countries discussed the budget for 2024-27,

including the creation of the ukrainian fund, as well as the situation in the middle east. the leaders of the eu states confirmed their unity in continuing to support ukraine, including the provision of financial and military assistance, and also made progress on the issue of ways to use frozen financial assets of russia in the interests of restoration of ukraine. espress correspondent in european institutions tetyana vysotska followed the events within the framework of the summit. tanya, i congratulate you. yes, tanjo, at the eu summit in brussels, prime minister... orbán said that he wants the offer of 50 billion in aid for ukraine to be more substantiated before he can agree to it. he was supported by the prime minister of slovakia, robert fice. the latter stated that there is corruption in ukraine, and he doubts that we need help. so the question arises: is

n't a new dividing line forming in europe, precisely because of orbán and fitza, did anyone support it. in general their rhetoric of the summit? fortunately, all the other 25 leaders of states, members of the european union categorically did not support orban tizo, although indeed, if efan the terrible used to be like that, the bad boy of europe was only viktor orban, who blocked all normal pro-ukrainian and even pro-european initiatives at the level of the european council and at the level of the european union, now fito has joined it, there are already two of them, but even on the sidelines of the summit, diplomats and european officials spoke two theses: firstly, slovakia is not such a big state to threaten the great european union, that is... there is no big threat from the appearance of fitz on, among the leaders of the european union, and secondly, there is a big difference between the fact that the leaders

of the states the eu speaks publicly, relying on its voters, on the citizens of its states and how they behave and what they say behind closed doors, with other leaders, that is, the leadership of the european union itself, the leaders of the largest eu states expressed confidence that what for example, the 50 billion euros that the european union promised to provide to ukraine over the next four years, ukraine will receive, and that hungary, slovakia will manage to break through, and they will finally agree at the december summit to allocate these funds to ukraine. tanya, the head of the european council, charles michel, said that against the background of the escalation in israel, it should be shown that ukraine remains a priority for the eu. he is sure that eu countries need to find a way to provide more aid to ukraine. therefore , the topic of frozen was on the agenda

assets of russia. that is, we are talking about frozen state funds of the russian federation and assets of oligarchs. what was agreed upon and whether it was decided what this method of transferring frozen russian assets to ukraine would be. and, yes, actually, this was discussed both in closed and open. parts of the meeting of the leaders of the european union, the president of the european commission ursela fondern also spoke about it. currently , we are talking about the use of frozen russian assets, frozen russian money, which are in european banks, but this is not little, it is almost 300 million dollars, and currently there are two directions of their possible use, this is the use of interest from these funds, which are accrued by banks, and actually. transfer of these funds to the benefit of ukraine, so far the european union has made a lot of progress on the topic of the use of interest from russian funds in european banks, and

negotiations are currently underway at the level of state leaders, and ursula funderlein expressed the assurance that in the near future a specific mechanism will be developed, which in a way through the budget of the european union to transfer these funds to the budget of ukraine for the reconstruction and reforms of the restoration of our economy, so the process is ongoing and we will most likely hear about it already during the summit of the european council in december. well, let's wait for details, since this is a very important topic for our country. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, in his online speech at the summit of the european council, emphasized that russian aggression is aimed not only at ukraine, but also at europe, and that moscow's efforts to prevent ukraine from joining the eu clearly reflect its desire to have control over those states as well. which are already members of both blocs, therefore, in this war it is decided what europe should be, against the background of the discussion of the 12th sanctions package, regarding

the russian federation, our president thanked europe for putting pressure on the aggressor, but also called on him to work so that the kremlin could not to circumvent sanctions, in particular regarding russian oil, whether the statements of the leaders of other states regarding the refusal to buy russian resources were heard. in fact, just, just a few hours ago, a statement was made by the minister of foreign affairs of hungary, that if the package of sanctions energy will enter the european union, hungary will block it, that is, this is already one part of the answer to your question, in fact, yes, the leaders of the european union, of course, discussed this issue as part of the discussion of the 12th package of sanctions, but the mention of russian energy until the final... the summit did not take place, precisely because some states of the european union cannot yet completely abandon russian energy carriers, but the russian theme was

also heard when discussing the possibility of russia circumventing the sanctions that already exist, which have already established, for example, against russian oil, this is a price ceiling for it, then , for example, it is said that when russian gas enters the territories of neighboring states, such as, for example, azerbaijan or kazakhstan, this is , of course, all these conversations took place unofficially, because these are such accusations that are not heard from the stands yet, but as when this gas enters the territory of neighboring states, it automatically becomes azerbaijani, for example, gas or azerbaijani oil, and this is how russia avoids sanctions, because already this gas, under the guise of another country's gas, enters the eu markets, and now the european union is trying to create a mechanism to control it, it is possible, let's hope that in the future there will be more substantive and specific news about it. tani, i want to thank you for all the details.

tetyana vysotska, correspondent of espress in european institutions, was with us, and we are moving on. this week, not only in america, but also in ukraine, with caution and excitement, watched the election of a new speaker of the us house of representatives. he became the representative of the republican majority, mike johnson, who, by the way, is a big supporter of former president donald trump. he openly supported initiatives to reduce aid to ukraine, but after being appointed speaker of the us house of representatives, johnson's rhetoric seems to have changed. so on the air of fox news, he declared: we cannot allow vladimir putin to win in ukraine, because i do not believe that he will stop there. we must also support our important ally in the middle east, which is israel. edition.

bloomberg writes that the house of representatives will consider new military aid to ukraine and israel as separate measures, these are two different topics - according to mike johnson. nbc news did not miss this topic. journalists asked johnson if he supports increasing aid to ukraine? he said we want accountability and we want the white house to have clear goals, but we're going to have these discussions, it's going to be very productive. so, more about ukraine on the pages of world media. at the beginning of the year, the countries of the european union promised to transfer 1 million ammunitions to ukraine during 12 months. the deadline is coming to an end, but 70% of the promised projectiles of the defense forces of ukraine have not yet been seen, and these

munitions are of crucial importance for the ukrainian counteroffensive, according to bloomberg. american journalists emphasize: at this very time, russia receives supplies from north korea, domestic russian production of munitions does not stop, and in between there is still the issue of aid from the united states and israel. the us is the largest provider of military aid to both kyiv and tel aviv, president joe biden emphasized the united states does not favor one war over the other, and if the fighting on both fronts drags on for months, some weapons systems may soon become scarce. in addition, the forces of israel and ukraine are competing for separate positions of weapons, - write new york times journalists. for example, these are 155 mm caliber artillery shells. the defense forces of ukraine and israel also equally

use smart bombs with gps guidance and the third, very popular type of weapon, the portable anti-aircraft missile complex stinger, which are much cheaper than anti-aircraft systems patriot or nasas, however, their reserves are very limited, and the production of new complexes is insignificant. as the authors found out, the us is going to transfer a batch of stingers to taiwan to repel a possible attack by china from the air. newly elected speaker of the us house of representatives. mike johnson plans to split aid between ukraine and israel. the american publication bloomberg notes that such a decision will complicate biden's attempts to secure the support of both countries. last week, the president of the united states sent a major budget request of $106 billion to congress. they would have 61 billion of them direct military aid to ukraine. the rest was planned to be divided between

israel, taiwan and the us border service, and despite all the differences, republican mike johnson said, the united states will continue to help ukraine, but our officials will have to carefully report on the money already spent. the president of the european parliament, roberta metsola, proposed to nominate ukraine and moldova as observers to the european parliament, for the time being, while the countries are waiting for the accession to the eu. such a statement was published by the publication. politicians, deputies, observers in meps from ukraine and moldova will not have the right to vote and will be nominated, not elected, but they will be officially given seats in the european parliament. if a country looks at europe from a political point of view, then europe should open its doors wide open to it, we...